Terrorist attacks against Copts in Cairo: ten dead

In the southern suburbs of Cairo Heluan, armed attacks on the Church of Christian Koptov Mar mines and a bookstore belonging to the Copts were committed. According to Al Jazeera, citing the Ministry of Health of Egypt, at least nine people became victims of attacks.

It is reported that most of the dead are Copts. There are also victims among the police.

The armed man tried to break into the Coptic Church and wounded five guards, said Al Arabiya. He was shot by police. The attacker had a partner, he was arrested. In total, as a result of an attack on the church, seven civilians and one law enforcement officer were killed.

About an hour later, an unknown terrorist opened shooting at a bookstore. Two people became victims of the second attack.

So far, no radical organization has taken responsibility for the attack.

Two large -scale terrorist attacks in Christian churches at once occurred in Egypt on April 9. At first, the bomb exploded in the Christian church of the city of the Tanta of the province of Gablia, as a result of which 27 people were killed , another 78 were injured. Then on the same day, the suicide bomber exploded near the Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria - 18 people became victims of the second attack, another 66 were injured. The Islamic State took responsibility for terrorist attacks.